Security News > 2021 > July > NSO Group 'will no longer be responding to inquiries' about misuse of its software

The NSO Group, a purveyor of spyware it hopes governments and law enforcement bodies will use to fight terrorism, has announced it will not answer any further questions about allegations raised by Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories that its products have been widely misused.

In light of the recent planned and well-orchestrated media campaign lead by Forbidden Stories and pushed by special interest groups, and due to the complete disregard of the facts, NSO is announcing it will no longer be responding to media inquiries on this matter and it will not play along with the vicious and slanderous campaign.

The document goes on to state that the list of alleged targets "Is not a list of targets or potential targets of Pegasus" and that "The numbers in the list are not related to NSO group".

Mexican President Andrés Manuel has also ordered investigations, and called for the release of WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange for first alerting the world to the sort of pervasive surveillance Pegasus enables - with or without misuse.

The NSO Group's post states it "Will thoroughly investigate any credible proof of misuse of its technologies, as we always had, and will shut down the system where necessary".

There is no evidence it's shut down Pegasus - just its PR department.

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